From: akosela@andykosela.com (Andy Kosela)
Subject: [TUHS] 80 columns ...
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 00:07:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALMnNGg_+50U3HV3t4FOPiUbMzX2ciSGokwtHZ1YGnakvDwOCQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <225f0698-403a-88ff-3056-fca5df83a2db@kilonet.net>
On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, Arthur Krewat <krewat at kilonet.net> wrote:
> I too grew up on DecWriters writing MACRO-10 on TOPS-10 in high school. My
> favorite was the LA120 that I could change the character pitch and get 132
> columns on 8.5" paper when we ran out of the wide stuff.
>
> To this day, 80 columns just doesn't do it for me. I generally comment - a
> LOT - and in C the comments will stretch out past 80 columns easily.
>
> On 11/8/2017 5:17 PM, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote:
>
>>
>> I do recall 80 column monitors, but I started on 132 column decwriter IIs
>>> and hence have never had sympathy for 80 columns. It's weird that so
>>>
>>
>> Interesting. I wonder if that's where the 132 column (alternative)
>> standard came from. I.e. XTerm's "Allow 80/132 Column Switching" option in
>> the VT Options menu.
>>
>
> VT100's had a 132 column mode. I wrote a terminal emulator for the IBM-XT
> circa 1985 to do 132 columns in it's highest-resolution. I couldn't take 80
> columns, even back then ;)
>
For me changing 80 columns and/or 8 character Tab is like trying to change
the value of Pi. I consider those the holy rules you just don't change.
But I am probably in minority group these days as I still use a lot of old
school 80 columns VT terminals -- vt220 and vt320 are my personal favorites.
--Andy
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2017-11-08 20:52 ron minnich
2017-11-08 21:02 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-08 21:19 ` Dan Cross
2017-11-08 21:24 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-08 21:28 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-11-08 21:48 ` [TUHS] (cassette) tape coming back [was " Charles H Sauer
2017-11-08 22:46 ` Don Hopkins
2017-11-08 23:28 ` [TUHS] " Dave Horsfall
2017-11-08 23:35 ` Ron Natalie
2017-11-08 23:39 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-11-08 21:34 ` Dan Cross
2017-11-08 21:40 ` Dan Cross
2017-11-08 21:40 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-08 21:43 ` Dan Cross
2017-11-09 1:00 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-08 23:46 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-11-09 6:52 ` Otto Moerbeek
2017-11-08 21:06 ` Bakul Shah
2017-11-08 21:18 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-11-08 22:17 ` Grant Taylor
2017-11-08 22:30 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-11-08 23:07 ` Andy Kosela [this message]
2017-11-08 23:15 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-11-08 23:15 ` Warner Losh
2017-11-08 23:49 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-11-09 0:04 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-11-08 23:24 ` Andy Kosela
2017-11-09 7:24 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2017-11-09 15:02 ` Don Hopkins
2017-11-09 19:14 ` Ron Natalie
2017-11-10 16:18 ` Nemo
2017-11-10 19:05 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-10 20:36 ` Toby Thain
2017-11-10 20:39 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-10 20:46 ` Warner Losh
2017-11-10 20:59 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-11 9:24 ` David Arnold
2017-11-10 20:43 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-10 20:58 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-10 21:02 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-10 21:09 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-10 21:12 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-10 21:34 ` William Corcoran
2017-11-10 21:50 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-10 22:58 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-11-10 23:05 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-10 23:52 ` Toby Thain
2017-11-11 0:24 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-11 16:40 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-11-11 16:47 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-11 17:23 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-11 17:38 ` Ralph Corderoy
2017-11-10 22:46 ` Toby Thain
2017-11-10 22:59 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-11 14:33 ` Andy Kosela
2017-11-11 17:19 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-11 17:24 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-11 17:25 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-11-10 23:59 ` Don Hopkins
2017-11-10 22:10 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-11-09 20:46 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2017-11-10 17:21 Norman Wilson
2017-11-10 17:56 ` Larry McVoy
2017-11-11 17:04 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-11-11 17:30 ` Random832
2017-11-11 18:05 ` Ian Zimmerman
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